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Analogue: Sound that has not been turned
into numbers. Analogue sound varies, while
digital sound has speci c numerical values.
These sockets send audio through two
channels, the left and right.
Aspect ratio: The ratio of vertical and
horizontal sizes of a displayed image. The
horizontal vs. vertical ratio of conventional
TVs. is 4:3, and that of wide-screens is 16:9.
AUDIO OUT Sockets: Red and white
sockets on the back of the system that send
audio to another system (TV, Stereo, etc).
Chapter: Sections of a picture or a music
piece on a DVD that are smaller than titles.
A title is composed of several chapters. Each
chapter is assigned a chapter number
enabling you to locate the chapter you want.
Digital: Sound that has been converted into
numerical values. Digital sound is available
when you use the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
COAXIAL. These sockets send audio
through multiple channels, instead of just
two channels as analogue does.
Disc menu: A screen display prepared for
allowing selection of images, sounds,
subtitles, multi-angles, etc recorded on a
DVD.
DivX: The DivX code is a patent pending,
MPEG-4 based video compression
technology, developed by DivX Networks
Inc., that can shrink digital video to sizes
small enough to be transported over the
internet, while maintaining high visual quality.
Dolby Digital: A surround sound system
developed by Dolby Laboratories containing
up to six channels of digital audio (front left
and right, surround left and right, centre and
subwoofer).
DTS: Digital Theatre Systems. This is a
surround sound system, but it is different
from Dolby Digital. The formats were
developed by different companies.
Index Picture Screen: A screen that gives
an overview of a DVD±RW or DVD±R. An
Index Picture represents each recording.
JPEG: A very common digital still picture
format. A still-picture data compression
system proposed by the Joint Photographic
Expert Group, which features small decrease
in image quality in spite of its high
compression ratio.
MP3: A le format with a sound data
compression system. “MP3” is the
abbreviation of Motion Picture Experts
Group 1 (or MPEG-1) Audio Layer 3. By
using the MP3 format, one CD-R or CD-RW
can contain about 10 times more data then a
regular CD.
MPEG: Motion Picture Experts Group. A
collection of compression systems for digital
audio and video.
Multichannel: DVDs are formatted to have
each sound track constitute one sound eld.
Multichannel refers to a structure of sound
tracks having three or more channels.
PBC: Playback Control. Refers to the signal
recorded on video CDs or SVCDs for
controlling playback. By using menu screens
recorded on a Video CD or SVCD that
supports PBC, you can enjoy interactive
playback and searching.
PCM: Pulse Code Modulation. A digital
audio encoding system.
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